Jiminy Cricket is a fictional character who first appeared in the 1940 Walt Disney animated film Pinocchio. He was appointed by the Blue Fairy to serve as the official conscience for Pinocchio. He is also a comical and wise partner who accompanies Pinocchio on his adventures. In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... Pinocchio is the second animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ... Firehouse Five Plus Two LP album cover. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Cliff Edwards (14 June 1895 – 17 July 1971), also known as Ukelele Ike, was an American singer and musician who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, and also did voices for animated cartoons later in his career. ... Eddie Carroll is a voice actor who took over the role of Jiminy Cricket in 1975 after the death of original voice Cliff Edwards in 1971. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ... Traditional animation, also referred to as classical animation, cel animation, or hand-drawn animation, is the oldest and historically the most popular form of animation. ... Pinocchio is the second animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ... Screenshot from Steven Spielbergs A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. ... François Chifflart (1825-1901), La Conscience (daprès Victor Hugo) Conscience is an ability or faculty or sense that leads to feelings of remorse when we do things that go against our moral values, or which informs our moral judgment before performing such an action. ...

Creating Jiminy

The character was designed by Ward Kimball, who had been very disappointed and was about to leave the Disney studio when much of the work he did for Snow White was cut from the final version of that film. However, Walt Disney persuaded him to stay by giving him the assignment to design Jiminy. Firehouse Five Plus Two LP album cover. ... Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 animated feature, the first produced by Walt Disney. ...

Voice actors

Jiminy Cricket's voice was originally performed by singer Cliff Edwards, who voiced the character for Disney through the 1960s. Jiminy's most famous song, as sung by Edwards, is When You Wish Upon a Star. After Edwards's death, Eddie Carroll replaced him as the voice actor for Jiminy. Cliff Edwards (14 June 1895 – 17 July 1971), also known as Ukelele Ike, was an American singer and musician who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, and also did voices for animated cartoons later in his career. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... When You Wish upon a Star is a popular song written by Ned Washington and Leigh Harline and introduced in the 1940 Walt Disney movie Pinocchio, where it is sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket, over the opening credits and again in the final scene of... Eddie Carroll is a voice actor who took over the role of Jiminy Cricket in 1975 after the death of original voice Cliff Edwards in 1971. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ...

After Pinocchio

After Pinocchio, Jiminy appeared in Fun and Fancy Free as the host of the cartoon segments. He also hosted many Disney television specials. In a recurring segment of the children's television series Mickey Mouse Club, he taught a generation how to spell e-n-c-y-c-l-o-p-e-d-i-a. Fun and Fancy Free (first released on September 27, 1947) is a feature film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Mickey Mouse Club was a long-running American variety television series that began in the 1950s, produced and televised by Walt Disney Productions and featuring a regular but ever-changing cast of teenage performers. ... Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon, 1902 An encyclopedia, encyclopaedia or (traditionally) encyclopædia[1] is a comprehensive written compendium that contains information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge. ...

1960s and 1970s

In the 1960s and 1970s, Jiminy Cricket appeared in numerous safety films aimed at grade-school-aged audiences. He advised children how to steer clear of dangerous traffic, sharp objects, strangers, exposed electrical lines, and so forth. In each short, he sang the refrain: The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...

I'm no fool, no sirree!
I'm gonna live to be 33 (then 43, 53, etc., up to 103)
I play safe for you and me
'Cause I'm no fool! For other uses, see 33 (disambiguation). ... Events Aulus Plautius, with 4 legions, landed on Britain. ... For other uses, see number 53. ... For other uses, see number 103. ...

Other Media

Mickey's Christmas Carol

Jiminy appeared in Mickey's Christmas Carol as the ghost of Christmas past (The badge given to him by the Blue Fairy at the end of Pinocchio marking him as an official conscience now declares him to be the Ghost of Christmas Past). Scrooge is perplexed at his size, but Jiminy shoots back at him that if he were measured by his amount of kindness, "you'd be smaller than a speck of dust!" Nevertheless, he shows Scrooge past Christmases of him (Scrooge) while working at Fezziwig's and the horrid memory where Scrooge put his money before his love, whom he never saw again. As Scrooge begs the minuscule ghost to take him away from these bad memories, Jiminy reminds Scrooge that he "brought these memories upon himself." Mickeys Christmas Carol is a twenty-four minute animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and originally released in the United Kingdom on October 20, 1977 by Buena Vista Distribution. ... Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge is a fictional Scottish character created by Carl Barks who first appeared in Dell Comics Four Color Comics #178 Christmas on Bear Mountain in December 1947. ... Ebenezer Scrooge encounters Ignorance and Want in A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character in Charles Dickens 1843 novel, A Christmas Carol. ...

Disney's Sing-Along Songs

Jiminy Cricket hosted these four sing-along shows: Disney Sing Along Songs are a series of videos, laserdiscs and DVDs with musical moments from various Disney films, TV shows and attractions. ...

• The Bare Necessities (October 13, 1987)
• Be Our Guest (November 12, 1991)
• Friend Like Me (March 3, 1993)
• Circle of Life (VHS Version only; DVD version features a voiceover only) (December 14, 1994)

The Bare Necessities is the fourth volume of Disney Sing Along Songs. ... Be Our Guest is the tenth volume of Disney Sing Along Songs featuring songs from the oscar winning film Beauty and the Beast The songs include: Be Our Guest (Beauty and the Beast) A Spoonfull of Sugar (Mary Poppins ) Bella Notte (Lady and the Tramp) Heffalumps and Woozles (Winnie the... Friend like Me is the eleventh volume of Disney Sing Along Songs with songs from Disneys 31st animated classic Aladdin The Songs include: Friend Like Me (Aladdin) Best of Friends (The Fox and the Hound) Something There (Beauty and the Beast) How do You Do? (Song of the South... Circle of Life is an Academy Award-nominated song from Disneys 1994 animated film The Lion King, composed by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice. ...

House of Mouse

He was also among the numerous Disney characters to appear in the television series House of Mouse. The House of Mouse is a Disney cartoon show where Mickey Mouse and his friends run a nighclub called The House of Mouse, which shows Disney cartons as part of its floor show. ...

Kingdom Hearts

He also appeared in the video game Kingdom Hearts, as the chronicler to Sora's travels, writing a journal and keeping a cast list of the figures they meet, friend or foe. He had a substantially bigger part in the sequel, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, frequently talking to Sora and offering advice. His role in Kingdom Hearts II is largely smaller than in the first game. Carroll was his English voice, and Kaneta Kimotsuki voiced him in Japanese. Kingdom Hearts video game. ... Sora ) is the protagonist of the Kingdom Hearts role-playing video game series. ... Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories is a video game for the Game Boy Advance and the second installment in the Kingdom Hearts series, bridging the gap between Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. This game was released in the United States on December 7, 2004. ... Kingdom Hearts II ) is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix Co. ... Kaneta Kimotsuki (肝付 兼太 Kimotsuki Kaneta, born November 15, 1935) is a veteran seiyu who was born in Kagoshima. ...

Wishes

More recently, Cricket and the Blue Fairy are the hosts of the Wishes fireworks display at the Magic Kingdom theme park. Wishes at the Magic Kingdom Wishes is a famous fireworks display that has been held at several Disney theme parks across the globe. ... The Magic Kingdom is a theme park within the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, near Orlando. ...

Comparisons to Book

• Although largely modified by Disney for the film, the cricket character actually appears in the book. The book cricket got far less page time, only appearing in chapters 4, 13, 16 and 36. Furthermore, the book cricket is crushed to death by a mallet, though this happens in the first chapter and he thereafter appears once as a ghost and thenceforth as a living cricket, none the worse for being killed with a hammer.

Trivia

• "Jiminy Cricket!" or "Jiminy Crickets!" was originally a polite expletive euphemism for Jesus Christ. The name of the character is a play on the exclamation (which itself was uttered in Pinocchio's immediate predecessor, 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs). Another way to say this is "Jiminy Christmas!", "Jeeminy Christmas", or "Jiminy Crispus". Another example occurs in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. When the group first enters the Wizard's chamber, they are startled by the Wizard's sudden thunder-and-lightning display, and Dorothy cries, "Oh! Oh! Jiminy Crickets!" Jiminy Crickets is also one of Howard Cunningham's catchphrase when something unpleasant or astonishing happens on Happy Days.

• In one of the most important creations of the Japanese artist Shotaro Ishinomori, called Kikaider, features multiple references to Jiminy and Pinocchio.
• In one scene of the Disney/Pixar film, A Bug's Life, Thorny says "Jiminy H. Cricket".
• In Spanish his name is Pepe Grillo (Pepe the Cricket).
• The Japanese Suzuki Jimny is named after Jiminy Cricket but was spelled wrong in the translation. ^{[citation needed]}